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Just keep applying IMO, for you first gig only apply for roles where you technical skills are 100% what are required, and rate wise be cheap, last client specificied in the add 'banking experience required', but the two people we took on in the end didnt have any banking experience, but they had the skill set and were cheap. And of course blaggggg, Wikipedia is your friend.
As benesy says, you may have to wing it a bit. And he speaks from experience you know. He joined his first Blue Chip as a janitor, and has worked his way down from there.
“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”
When I was permie I applied for a few IB permie jobs that insisted they required at least 2 years banking exp. I had none, and didn't pretend to have any. Got the job and about 2 months in my manager told me they knew I would pick up whatever finance knowledge I needed on the job, and since the techie and personal stuff was a match they went for me.
I'd suggest keep plugging away and appear keen about learning new stuff, which is always attractive to interviewers.
Of course this worked for me when I was permie, I guess if they're paying "x" per day for "y" months they're not thinking long-term, just want you to hit the ground running. If you REALLY want to break into a new sector then permie might be your best option, but you may have to take a relative pay cut to do it.
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